Curt <cu...@free.fr> writes:

> On 2013-11-02, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Again -- isn't "basically equivalent to giving everyone uid=0."  Permits
>>>> someone who *has* sudo access to avoid retyping a password.
>>>
>>> Not only that. Permits someone who already has sudo access to continue
>>> having such access indefinitely, ignoring being excluded from sudoers
>>> altogether.
>>
>> You made a specific claim, that sudo without patches is "basically
>> equivalent to giving everyone uid=0".  You have yet to say anything that
>> even begins to substantiate that claim.
>>
>
> How about this bug:
>
> http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html
>  
>  Impact: Successful exploitation of the bug will allow a user to run arbitrary
>  commands as root.
>
>  Exploitation of the bug does not require that the attacker be listed in the
>  sudoers file. As such, we strongly suggest that affected sites upgrade from
>  affected sudo versions as soon as possible. 

OK, there has been a bug that will cause the claimed behavior if the
sysadmin updated his system between February and November 2011 but not
since, and you've got a seriously malicious user.


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